2023-09-21 02:55
In Albany, the ballot slips are in the mail.Here are the choices.For those of you who have never done this before, or have forgotten how to do it, here are some basic instructions.The MayorT… Read More
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2023-06-23 00:30
I had a dream in which a young man asked me if I had “done
enough”?
The question saddened me deeply, depressed me, and I was
forced to ask what had I done?
When I woke up, the… Read More
2023-03-01 10:18
The York Writers Festival is a weekend chock full of author-to-author conversations featuring some of WA's best-loved writers and poets. Full program includes kids' activities, short story c… Read More
2022-09-29 01:54
I met O in 2017 when I first visited Iran. He was a serious, introverted young man, studying art at university. We met in a biscuit shop. We liked each other and kept in touch. When I… Read More
2022-08-29 13:57
What does woke mean, I asked? It means, he said, anyone who takes something, a bit of pseudo-science say, and then exaggerates it, takes it way out there. Greta Thunberg, she is stereotypica… Read More
2019-09-23 02:33
I suppose you’re with all the climate change delusionals?Bob, can I ask you a question? You remember Googilup Brook?Of course, ran right through town.I know you lived on the Boyup Broo… Read More
2019-06-16 13:29
2019-06-16 13:28
While on a recent trip I spent some time with these two chaps and, at the end of it all, we had chat.They are from YOMADIC Read More
2017-10-04 13:02
I have a theory. But first, let’s recap.Both achieved their high-profile positions, before gaining the ultimate prize in each of their countries, because of their fathers.Kim’s d… Read More
2017-08-17 13:44
I was looking forward to Armenia, expecting it to be dramatically different to Iran and it was.Our bus climbed hills and mountains and eventually stopped so we could to admire the view towar… Read More
2017-08-09 07:22
2017-08-07 12:41
Full copy with a couple of extra bits. There was only one country left on my DNA hot spots, Azerbaijan, a country still at war with Armenia.Last year 350 people were killed in a border clash… Read More
2017-07-04 08:23
This tale first appeared in the Albany Advertiser.Here is the copy, for the hard of reading.War informs all countries in the Caucuses.Armenia is still at war with Azerbaijan, Georgian troops… Read More
2017-06-21 09:11
While in Iran I made notes, on paper, in a journal and on my phone.Here are some of them, starting with this one in Shiraz: Today I saw a handsome woman storm across a busy street, child in… Read More
2017-06-20 09:37
Here is a column I wrote for the Albany Advertiser and it first appeared on June 15, 2017.I had an idea of what to expect when I got off the plane in Shiraz, Iran, but not the consistency, o… Read More
2016-02-26 12:52
2016-02-17 06:44
2016-01-27 13:17
This might have appeared in The Albany Advertiser, but didn't. Every year the paper runs a feature on local writers and their summer reading. The West does it. The Australian does it. But th… Read More
2015-12-04 01:38
2015-11-23 02:22
Early last week I dropped out of Facebook. It got to me. All the clutter, the self-indulgence, the arguments, the banality. It was building but Paris blew it.To be fair, I only went to it th… Read More
2015-09-01 07:54
In my town there had been a long running dispute between the city and a major local body. Nothing moved. In response, I wrote this piece and was about to offer it to a local newspaper when… Read More
2015-05-21 05:40
Besart Berisha is an Albanian footballer who recently helped Melbourne victory win the Australian A League final. I didn’t watch the final but the many stories of Barisha intrigued me… Read More
2015-02-26 05:42
WA PREMIER'S BOOK AWARD CUTS A COWARDLY INSULT: KIM SCOTT i must be honest.i am forced.here are some facts of my life.my father was a member of the Liberal Party. (he resigned in the 1990s)h… Read More
2014-11-06 07:07
DAY 1Monday27/10/2014Read Bill the Bastard, Roland Perry. Great tale of a horse and THE men who loved him. Caught me choking. Also some surprising facts I didn’t know about the 1… Read More
2014-10-04 11:09
Oh no, I thought, not him!(It wasn't.) This a cathedral.This was my favourite dog.I met him in Livia, a Spanish enclave in France, just over the border.(Should be more of it.)The… Read More
2014-10-01 12:55
The original version of this piece first appeared in the Albany Advertiser 28/8/2014My Netherlands is a country of memories and comfort.When I first arrived in 1977, the airport police threw… Read More
2014-09-15 04:32
The original version of this piece first appeared in the Albany Advertiser 21/8/2014This column was going to concentrate on Paris but after three days in rural France I decided there w… Read More
2014-09-08 11:40
Much of this first piece originally appeared in the Albany Advertiser7/8/2014As the plane flew in low over Rome the Coliseum showed itself on the right, out the window between the Russian co… Read More
2014-08-29 09:44
(This first bit appeared in the Albany Advertiser14/8/2014) Like many when away from home I explore, mostly on foot, and reflect on the place I left behind.On my most recent trip, to resear… Read More
2014-04-15 08:53
When I began my football career my father was there to record it on his 8ml movie camera. What the footage shows is a little blond bombshell chucking his body into packs like it belonged to… Read More
2014-02-19 12:14
Danny Katz (right hand on chin, glasses)Jon Doust (hat)Xavier Toby (right hand on chin, no glasses)Cash for CommentSat 22 Feb 2014Comedians and authors Xavier Toby and Danny Katz… Read More
2013-10-23 06:01
There is no doubt I love a festival, in particular, a writers/readers festival. My favourite? Too hard to call, but, if you were to pressure me for a short list, on it would be two I have ju… Read More
2013-10-09 03:00
Jon Doust is Appearing In Tweaking the Truth WorkshopsHow often have you said, or heard someone say, 'I could never write that story. It would upset too many people'? Jon Doust… Read More
2013-09-03 07:11
The Boss,Parking Enforcement Services,PO Box 7753,Cloisters Square,Perth 685028/05/2013Cc: CEO, City of South Perth,Civic CentreCnr Sandgate St and South TceSouth Perth WA 6151.Dear Sir/Mada… Read More
2013-09-01 04:16
Questions: Georgie Juszczyk, Cathedral School, Townsville, QLD, Australia.Answers: Jon Doust List 3 interesting facts about yourself… 1 – My mother and father were step br… Read More
2013-07-17 00:53
This is text of a speech I gave a Wesley College during Arts Week. I have tweaked the text to suit its written form. As the luck of my birth would have it, I was born into a family of… Read More
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